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Meanwhile teams can sign players and trade them freely without any criticism or consequences from the media.
Coaches and bench players, tell players that they're not good enough to get in the game ruining their image and name.
Meanwhile that same players goes to another team and flourish.
In short, if Chuck ain't gonna criticize the organization then don't criticize the players.
*mic drop
He's a great player but I just don't see the MVP worthiness.
Yes he has great numbers but his team ain't winning shit or a threat to win shit.
Yes the MVP is an individual award but still, if the nigga was that valuable they'd be winning shit.
And that nigga ain't the best when Steph, Giannis etc are still in the league.
And I thought Embiid should've won it last year.
Again I know his numbers are great, but I'm not seeing the 3-time MVP in him.
Lebron was the best player for a decade plus and he don't have 3 MVP awards in a row.
Let me find out Jokic is a Steve Nash ass nigga!
White bias is the reason he has two already. cac should never have gotten it the year they were in 4th place. Shameful if he gets a 3rd in a row when someone like Bron was fucked out of about 2 of em in his career. Fucking slug doesnt play defense and he gets his ass kicked when he goes head up against quality bigs.
Sambo ass company man. This guy is a fucking disgrace.
He's a great player but I just don't see the MVP worthiness.
Yes he has great numbers but his team ain't winning shit or a threat to win shit.
Yes the MVP is an individual award but still, if the nigga was that valuable they'd be winning shit.
And that nigga ain't the best when Steph, Giannis etc are still in the league.
And I thought Embiid should've won it last year.
Again I know his numbers are great, but I'm not seeing the 3-time MVP in him.
Lebron was the best player for a decade plus and he don't have 3 MVP awards in a row.
Let me find out Jokic is a Steve Nash ass nigga!
But... what happen to the voter fatigue justification for LeBron and Jordan... lol
Right now Giannis and Tatum are tied for best record... 42-17
Who ever wins the east should get MVP...
and Giannis has the edge with the current win streak....
Hold up.
The players ain't paying themselves are they? Durant can sign one year deals if he wants too. Kyrie can too. Same for Harden. Why sign long term if everything is a trial period?
I don't even care about the owners. All this trade demand stuff is bad for fans of the game. The paying public. You and me and everyone else in the stands.
And fuck it, it's bad for the game. The game we all love. All this quitting ain't what this game is built on.
Yes it's bad for the game but fans are passionate about teams and the sport, for players it's just a job.
Also players are walking corporations and if you're unhappy doing business with one corporation "The Team". Then you're within your right to move onto other corporations to do business with.
Kyrie explained his reasons for wanting to leave as business. The Nets front office and owner didn't like him and treated him as such.
In that situation why would Kyrie want to give his all and stay with that organization that's only tolerating him?
But that's only one situation.
I get what you're saying and I agree, but it's a business and if a team's unhappy with your services they trade you.
But when a player's unhappy people have a problem when they request a trade.
They can't and you know this isn't true
It's based on another team wanting them and their salaries.
Can the Nets get rid of Ben Simmons?
Yes they can and will at some point when another team wants him.
He's signed through the 24-25 season, we'll see if he's still a Net then.
And why must "You dudes" find the most obnoxious variant to try to make your point appear to be valid?
Nobody is going to feel sorry for multi millionaires getting traded, when all these companies are laying off thousands of employees
Let's act like adults
Get rid of him how? Their only choice is to send him home or buy him out, and he would have to agree to a buy out.
What other team will want a player averaging 6 points making $30 mil with back and mental health problems?
Are you intentionally being obtuse?
It was about ownership not being honest aka lying to a player and trading him, it wasn't about a players feelings.
Let's stick to the point.
If you are unhappy doing business with one corporation you don't get to just up and leave, you have to finish the work you started per your contract.
But look, I'm not silly enough to compare my regular ass job to being an NBA player. I get that part.
And it's not so much that unhappy players, like anyone else, can look to move on from bad situations.
The problem is that we are seeing these guys quit in real time.
Ben Simmons got paid millions for being too much of a bitch to get back on the court.
Think about how insane that is.
Again I don't care about the owner's pockets, but damn as fans wtf are we looking at?
It was about ownership not being honest aka lying to a player and trading him, it wasn't about a players feelings.
Let's stick to the point.
How do you know he intentionally lied to him, plans could have changed and the Spurs gave him an offer he couldn't have refused. Everyone knows that Toronto couldn't continue as is. They made changes and won.
You seem to think about it's feelings...like we should feel sorry for them.
"You dudes" go out of your way to be assholes and sometimes it works.
Out of 450 players in the league, you read my post and instantly thought "What about Ben Simmons"!
You struggled to find that needle in a haystack to try and make a point, very cute!
Why?
Only you know that.
and the fans are the ones paying $200 on up for tickets to find out players are sitting.....
Are you going to keep going to NBA games?
and I hate to think the effect it has on gambling, since sports betting is legal in so many states
"You dudes" go out of your way to be assholes and sometimes it works.
Out of 450 players in the league, you read my post and instantly thought "What about Ben Simmons"!
You struggled to find that needle in a haystack to try and make a point, very cute!
Why?
Only you know that.
Funny....I feel as though I'm talking to a chick who knows nothing about basketball...who's just arguing just to argue.
Everyone knows there are some untradeable contracts in the league or teams have to throw in incentives just to get rid of them...or they're paid not to be with the team..
How long did John Wall paid not to play?
Why did they have to wait for Russ to be in the last months of his contract and give up a pick just to get rid of him?
But you want us to feel sorry for muthafukas with guaranteed contracts...when it's people all over this country getting laid off some with no severance or warning. Make that shit make sense.
I feel like I'm talking to a child that can't comprehend plain English.
It's not about feeling sorry for players, it's about the criticizing players for requesting a trade and no criticism when teams trade players.
Actually I have to correct myself. I feel like I'm talking to a woman on her period who won't listen enough to understand what's being said and will say whatever to make themselves feel right
Again, out of 450 players with contracts you want to talk a lot 3.
Those players earned those contracts and for various reasons were no longer worth the money that's being paid.
That's business.
He gets his ass kicked defensively cuz he can’t stop shit but they also can’t stop him either. For that reason he’ll never dominate those matchups but he’ll always get that media love because nobody gives a damn about the other side of the ball(defense)